Historic hill / geographic landmark
Sahat hill in Plovdiv
One of the hills on which Plovdiv is built.
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Sahat hill is one of the syenite hills on which Plovdiv is built — the city of the seven hills.
- Type
- syenite hill
One of the tepeta
One of the hills on which Plovdiv is built. The hills are of syenite and give the city its nickname and skyline; each is crowned by parks, chapels or monuments and offers views over the plain.
Source trail: Wikidata — Sahat hill in Plovdiv ↗Dating
Historic hill / geographic landmark
Source trail: Wikidata — Sahat hill in Plovdiv ↗Architect/builder
not applicable for a natural hill or terrain feature
Source trail: Wikidata — Sahat hill in Plovdiv ↗Current status
Historic urban hill or geographic landmark in Plovdiv.
Open map ↗Public Wikidata record
mountain in Bulgaria
- Type
- hill
Traces and evidence
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Description and historical context for Sahat hill in Plovdiv.
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Coordinates for Sahat hill in Plovdiv.
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Media and license for Sahat hill in Plovdiv: Tower from old town plovdiv.JPG.
Source trail: Wikimedia Commons — Tower from old town plovdiv.JPG ↗
Current status
Historic urban hill or geographic landmark in Plovdiv.
Ownership, care and institutions
The public record used here does not identify a traceable ownership or management history. This page therefore shows only verified institutional and source links.
Connected people
No people are linked in the current knowledge base.
Visit and orientation
- Coordinates
- 42.14658, 24.74561 · wikidata_coordinate
- Built/date
- Historic hill / geographic landmark
- Architect/builder
- not applicable for a natural hill or terrain feature
Full event stream
No separate events are linked to this place.
No separate events are present for this place in the current knowledge base; use the public record, sources and description.
Around this place
No other places are linked through the same events.
Then/now
Then Reference photo Ottoman clock tower on Sahat Tepe — then/now
Comparison between the archive image “Ottoman clock tower on Sahat Tepe” and a modern open-licensed image of Sahat hill in Plovdiv.
Editorial review: This pairing of a historical image and a reference photo was automatically prepared and is shown as a provisional reference; independent editorial review of the visual match, licence and attribution information, and context is still pending.
- Match
- same place, approximate viewpoint
- Then
- Credit: Unknown photographer Media file Public domain accessed 2026-06-19
- Reference photo
- Credit: Psy guy Media file CC BY-SA 3.0 accessed 2026-06-19
Archive for this place
early 20th c.
Postcard of the clock tower
Historic postcard of Sahat Tepe and its clock tower, linked to the hill coordinates.
Editorial review: This archive record was automatically prepared from Wikimedia Commons and is shown as a provisional reference; independent editorial review and more precise georeferencing are still pending.
Source: Wikimedia Commons — Ottoman clock tower in Plovdiv on old postcard.jpg ↗
early 20th c.
Sahat Hill on an old postcard
Postcard view of Sahat Hill included in the georeferenced archive layer.
Editorial review: This archive record was automatically prepared from Wikimedia Commons and is shown as a provisional reference; independent editorial review and more precise georeferencing are still pending.
Source: Wikimedia Commons — Sahat Hill in Plovdiv on old postcard 1.jpg ↗
17 April 1936
Ottoman clock tower on Sahat Tepe
Old photograph of the clock tower, georeferenced to Sahat Tepe.
Editorial review: This archive record was automatically prepared from Wikimedia Commons and is shown as a provisional reference; independent editorial review and more precise georeferencing are still pending.
Source: Wikimedia Commons — Ottoman clock tower in Plovdiv on old photo.jpg ↗